An Experimental Evaluation on Vedanasthapana (Analgesic) Effect of Gandha Prasarini (Paedaria Foetida Linn.) And Ratnagandhi (Caesalpinia Pulcherrima Linn.Sw.) - A Comparative Study

Pain is a major public health issue throughout the world. Both acute and chronic pain is often poorly managed. Persistent pain and many physical and psychological changes and complications associated with it constitute a major health problem. Chronic pain is now considered as a new disease in its own light.1 In Ayurveda the concept of Vedana - sense of sensation is discussed in different terminology. Among two type of Vedana-Dukhathmaka Vedana is considered as a disease and need treatment. In classics many drugs have been told to have property of pain management. Thus the plants Gandha prasarini (Paedaria foetida .Linn) & Ratna Gandhi (Caesalpinia pulcherrima .Linn.Sw.) have been taken for the study.